Downtown shooting

By Alexandra Jones Staff Reporter Sun., Aug. 19, 2018 A man has been killed in a shooting Sunday morning in the downtown area. Emergency services were called to the area of Parliament St. and Adelaide Rd. just after 2 a.m. for the sound of gunshots. A male victim was located with a gunshot wound and no vital signs. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. He is thought to be around 25 years old, paramedics say. Police say they have no suspect info at this time, but the investigation continues. Article Continued Below Alexandra Jones is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @AlexandraMaeJ TOP STORIES, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX. NEW NEWSLETTER HEADLINES SIGN UP … [Read more...] about Man killed in downtown shooting

By Alexandra Jones Staff Reporter Tues., June 26, 2018 Police have identified the latest victim in the city’s recent gun violence spree as 41-year-old Brent Young. Young was shot and killed early Monday morning at an apartment building in near Sherbourne and Dundas Sts. Police attending a call around 2:30 a.m. found Young suffering from gunshot wounds in a unit on the third floor of the building. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There has been no suspect information released as of yet. Police are reviewing video footage from inside the residential complex. Young’s death came less than 24 hours after three other fatal shooting incidents in the city. Early Sunday in North York, police say a vehicle drove by Jenas Nyarko and three friends sitting inside a car and fired a single shot, striking 31-year-old Nyarko. She was rushed to hospital, where she later died. Article Continued Below Nyarko was a shelter worker who had immigrated to … [Read more...] about Police identify man killed in downtown shooting Monday

By Alexandra Jones Staff Reporter Sun., May 20, 2018 Police are searching for three suspects after a shooting downtown sent a man in his 30s to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police and emergency services were called to the area of Yonge St. and Wellington St. Sunday evening after the sound of gunshots rang down the street outside of a restaurant. People were seen fleeing the area, police say, and when cops arrived, they found evidence of gunfire. It was around 9 p.m. when, after a search in a nearby parking garage, police located the unconscious victim, suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics say his injuries are critical. Three suspects, all armed with firearms, were seen climbing into a small black car and fleeing west along Wellington St., police say. Whether this was a targeted or random shooting is unknown, but police say they are on alert regardless. “We have three suspects involved in a shooting with very serious injuries in the … [Read more...] about Three armed suspects sought after downtown shooting critically injures man in his 30s

By Bryann Aguilar Staff Reporter Mon., April 30, 2018 Toronto police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a Toronto man wanted in a downtown shooting at a bar earlier this month. The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on April 3 in the area of Yonge St. and Gerrard St. W., Toronto police said. When officers arrived, they located a woman with a single gunshot wound to the leg and a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Police said a fight broke out between individuals at the bar that led to the shooting. On Monday, police issued a Canada-wide warrant for Joseph Boachie, 22. He is wanted for several charges including possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying concealed weapon, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a firearm obtained by crime under, unauthorized possession of firearm CC. Boachie is also … [Read more...] about Toronto man wanted on Canada-wide warrant in downtown Toronto shooting

Two men sentenced to life in prison for a gangland slaying in Toronto’s Little Italy have now been charged in connection with a pair of 2012 underworld killings in British Columbia.Last spring, Dean Michael Wiwchar, 32, and Rahbih (Robby) Alkhalil, 30, were convicted of first-degree murder of the June 2012 shooting death of John Raposo on College St. Their trial heard that Wiwchar was the hitman who killed Raposo.The new charges relate to the slayings of West Coast gang leaders carried out before and after the Raposo murder.Sandip Duhre was shot to death in the busy lobby of the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver in January 2012. Sukh Dhak and his bodyguard Thomas Mantel were gunned down outside a Burnaby hotel in November 2012.Wiwchar was charged last week with first-degree murder in the Duhre case, and conspiracy to commit murder in the Dhak killing. … [Read more...] about College St. hitman charged in West Coast shootings